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DISSENTING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI Re: Amendment of Section 73.3555 e of the Commission’s Rules, National Television Multiple Ownership Rule, MB Docket No. 13-236. In this Order, the Commission votes to substantially tighten the national audience reach cap “national cap” , which restricts the percentage of households in the United States that a single company can serve through commercial television broadcast stations. Currently, the rule states that no entity can own commercial television stations in markets containing more than 39% of U.S. television households. But there’s a